Universal cord take-up



June 29 ,1926. 1,590,421

I s. M..COFFMAN UNIVERSAL CORD TAKE-UP Filed April 5, 1925 uveutoz Patented June 29, 1926.

UNITED STATES v f1,590,421 PATENT OFFICE.

' SAMUEL M. GOFFMAN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO LILY O.

COFEMAN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

UNIVERSAL CORD TAKE-UP.

Application filed April 3, 1925. Serial No. 20,529.

My invention relates to take-up devices for holding the cord or conductor of an electric iron taut, so that it cannot become twisted,

or entangled in articles beingironed.

While the device is herein shown and described in connection with an electric iron it may be used to advantage with other electrical appliances, and its general application is contemplated by the claims.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board showing by full lines one position of the parts of the inven tion, and a different position by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section partly in elevation of the lower portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken vertical section of two lengths of the arm connected together.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the different parts, A designates an ironing board, B an electric iron, and C an electric cord or conductor, equipped at one end with a plug D for connection with the iron B, and at its opposite end with a screw plug E for connection with a lamp socket, not shown.

The foregoing parts may be of conventional type, the' invention residing in the part which will now be described in detail. 2 designates an arm which is made up of a. suitable number of tubular sections 4, some of which have sockets 6 to receive the adjacent ends of the superimposed sections 4. The sections 4 are removably connected so that they may be placed within a small box with-the cord C, the plugs D and E, and the remainder of the device for shipment.

8 designates a cap provided with a socket 10 in which the lower end of the arm 2 is removably seated. Said cap 8 has an opening 12 for the passage of the cord C, which latter also extends through the tubular arm 2, the entrance to said opening 12, together with the outlet at' the upper end of the uppermost section 4, being equipped with insulators 14 and 16, respectively, to prevent the arm 2 from becoming charged with electricity in the event that the insulation on the cord C should become worn at these points.

The lower portion of the cap 8 has a circular flange 16 mounted for universal movement upon the upper circular margin of a receptacle 18 into which fits the lower circular end 20 of said cap 8. The receptacle 18 is provided with abase 22 and a depending yoke 24, which latter is provided at its lower portion with an internally threaded boss 26 in which a screw 29 is adjustably mounted. The screw 29 is provided at its lower end with aknurled thumb piece 20 and at its upper end 'with' a swiveled disk 32, which latter coaots with the base. 22 in clamping the receptacle upon the ironing board.

27 designates a retractile spring connected at its upper end to an eye 28 depending from the central lower portion of the cap 8. T be lower end of the spring 27 extends through an aperture 34 in the base 22 and is hooked over a pin 36 which spans said aperture 34 and is arranged in a recess 38 extending upwardly into the base 22, so that the same may set flat upon the ironin board A. I

In practice theyoke 24 is placed over one margin of the ironing board A as shown by Fig. 1, and firmly clamped in place by adjusting the screw 28 upwardly until, the disk 32 and the base 22 firmly engage the lower and upper surfaces, respectively, of said ironing board. The plugs E and D are then connected respectively, to an electric light socket and the iron B. When the iron B 1s moved over the board A the cord C tips the arm 2 as shown by dotted lines Fig. 1, causing the flange 16* to rock on the upper mar-.

vertical plane due to the shape of the lower end of the cap 8, the flange 16 and the upper margin of the receptacle 18, and when the cord C is released of the pull thereon the spring 27, which is under tension, immediately restores the cap 8 and the arm 2 to a. perpendicular position.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction, combination and arrangement of parts, I reserve the right to such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A device of the character described consisting of areceptacle having a base to-rest upon a support, a yoke depending from said 10 receptacle, ascrew threaded through the upon said receptacle, spring means for" yieldably holding said cap in normal position, and an arm supported bysaid cap.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL M. COFFMAN. 

